Symbiosis

|Chapter 39|

POV April:

The hospital sounded so quiet, my shoes tapped against the ground, Sensei's robes and tail dragging against the floor, it was all too eerie. "Master Splinter?", I walked beside him, his hands tucked behind his back and mine were shoved deep inside my jean pockets, my thumbs poking out from inside. Looking up from the ground, I turned towards him, my brows pinched together as my gaze looked back towards the ground, watching my feet as I took step after step, counting each step, making sure I step in each square twice, and never stepping on my lines, "Do you think its a good idea to leave him on his own with the kids, I mean-", I couldn't think of the words, the reason we should stay by his side, it just seemed so obvious, "I heard him think about staying at the lair?!- That can't be safe with the droids and drones monitoring every corner and tunnel near the lair, right?!"

"You must trust him, Ms. April. If he is in any danger, I am sure he will find a way to protect and do anything to keep them safe", the walk was so quiet and neither of us exchanged words, not even a glance, but a thought or two kept repeating in my head, the memory kept repeating itself inside my head as I watched Leo toss the bug into his mouth, and chewed on the beetle, only to spit out the metal piece that was strapped on the cockroach, I thought I would feel weirded out, or maybe disgusted by the act, yet instead, all I felt...was anger, but not towards Leo, I was mad at the creator of said invention, Donnie. The turtle was always spying on me, trying to 'make sure' I was okay, but the ways he did it, bringing me things I used in secret, like a replica of my favorite pencil, a specific brand of medication I took when I couldn't sleep, everytime this happened, something in my gut twisted, the attention was something I loved, but that was only a piece of me. The rest of my mind, my gut, wanted all of this to stop. "Master Splinter?", opening the door to the stairwell, I looked back towards Sensei as he held the door open, "Do you mind if I punch Donnie for spying on us?"

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~Thirty-Five Minutes Later~

"We're back", Master Splinter spoke as he held the door open, trailing behind him, I trudged towards Donnie, he tilted his head as he looked behind me, "Were you guys able to get L-"

*SMACK*

"Donnie?!", both Leo and Mikey spoke in unison as he held his check, but Raph covered his mouth, trying so hard to hold back his laughter, I watched as his skin slowly turned red, for sure going to bruise in due time, "April, wh-", pushing passed Donnie, I charged towards Mikey, glaring at him, I knew these two know about what Leo is, they talk about it so much, their thoughts are so loud, "Mikey-"

"Look April, just let us explain-"

"Then tell me who else was listening", his body trembled, stepping back away from me, he leaned to the side, looking for something, and I know who, "He's not here, Mikey", I was starting to get impatiently, and my words only made his eyes wider, "Answer the question, Mikey", I spoke through my teeth and Mikey's head lowered in his shell, hiding from me.

"WE WERE ALL LISTENING!-please don't hit me-"

"MIKEY!"

"Bro!"

"What?!- Unlike you I don't wanna be punched, bro", waving his free hand around, "Whoa whoa wait a second", Donnie walked towards me, pushing Mikey off to the side, standing a good five feet away, "What do you me he's not here, did...did you guys leave him at the hospital?!", shaking my head, I turned away and sat beside Master Splinter, glaring at every single turtle and human in front of me, "He wanted some time away from the group, he wanted to be alone with just his kids"

"What?!"

"WHAT?!", I glared at them, I could feel my body become lighter as my body floated up into the air, I stared at Casey and the brothers, but as my eyes landed on Mikey, his expression was different than the others, "why would you leave him behind...", Mikey was standing behind Donnie, his hand was once clutching his older brothers arm was let go of as he pushed passed him, his eyes were pure white glaring at me, "-̸͚̌!̸͇̔H̸̹̋C̵̦̀Ṱ̶̾I̵̢̿B̴͖̎.̶̬͗g̷͙̑n̸̳͝i̸̡͒k̷̭͘ĉ̵̡u̷̡͊f̴̥͘.̴̤͑d̷͍́i̸̛̠p̸͖̄ú̶͈t̵͎̓ṣ̴̛ ̵̻͠u̸͙͂ǒ̴̲ȳ̶̺.̸̺̉.̵̳̔.̴̞̾!̸̫̏S̸͙̽Û̴͕ ̸͇̈́S̷̞̓A̷̜̋H̵̳̅ ̶̥͆ẏ̸̦ḷ̵͊n̴͌͜o̴̼͐ ̴̘̐e̸̫͐h̶̺̄.̶͈͠.̷͚̆.̶̢͆d̵̟̋é̸͉n̵͙̋o̶̩͂d̵̖̆ń̶̰a̵̻̓b̵͓́ä̶̞́ ̸̕͜e̷͓͛b̷̬̓ ̷̰͠o̵̡͗ť̵̩ ̴̍͜ț̶͝n̸̳̅ä̶̯́w̴̳̄ ̷̛̞t̸̢̾''̸̨̎n̴̘͘d̷̩́ì̵͔d̷͓͊ ̸̯̂e̷̡͐H̴͕̄